Richard wrote:gymed it up on friday, was pretty happy with what I did, but now my right arm is injured in some way. Feels like the tendon(s) of the tricep on my right arm, which meet the elbow. On saturday I could barely move my arm at all without considerable pain (but not agony), and today I can only get my arm to about 90 degrees, I can't bend it all the way. There was some swelling underneath the arm. Hopefully I just pulled the tendon(s) and they are recovering :s anyway, the log is updated...

And in addition to this you have turned into a guitar playing snake-man

I have gone to the gym every day this week (kept updating the training log), and feeling no pain. So tomorrow I am going to work the triceps a little harder, still not 100% though, just to make sure I don't screw it up again.

I love the photos man! Keep em coming. I'll make sure I keep enough webspace to sustain them all.

I think we should work on a book project together....other than the one we've talked about. We should work on some sort of vegan ninja training or something like that with photos. Photos will be key to the success and the lovability of the book.

Training has continued, I went mon,tue,wed,thur,fri last week for an hour each day, and I have done mon,tue,wed this week so far. I fully intend to keep it up. I don't know if the log is valuable to me though. I think personal bests will be good to take note of though and update.

Day 2
Rowing machine warm up 5 minutes
Smith Press (flat)
Smith Press (incline)
Smith Press (close grip) - Although not doing that yet for fear of injury
Lateral Shoulder raises
Shrugs
Abductor and the other one... for thighs and buttcheeks
Bike 20 minutes or so

Day 3
Cardio: mix up between rowing, bike and treadmill

So really I am doing back + bis twice a week, and doing chest, tris and shoulders twice a week, and doing cardio another day. But sometimes I mix it up a bit, to do what feels natural on a given day, and avoid doing stuff if I am stiff.

Also, on days that I feel like it I am also doing martial arts for 15 - 30 minutes at the gym in the aerobics room. My kicks are getting better each day. I managed to do 13 kicks on one leg without putting the foot down. I am also training my left leg a lot more. My right leg is my superior leg at the moment, I can do way more stuff with it confidently. So I am training left leg for side kicks, front kicks, round kicks, turn crescent kicks, inverted round kicks, jumping knee, jump kick, jump turn crescent kick and jump turn round kick. Those kicks are pretty 2nd nature to me on my right leg, but still clumsy on left leg. Working on hook kicks for my right leg.

Had a proper sort out at the gym, a trainer took me round to make sure my form and understanding of the machines is good, and he gave me advice on a routine. I was already doing correct form for about 95% of all exercises which is good, but he gave me some new ones. Now my week looks like this:

I been keeping it up bidges, been going to the gym mon-fri and sometimes at weekends. My diet is changing a bit too, now with all the vegetables, but also more protein drinks, I try to have a protein drink with every meal.

Been keeping up with the gym, i missed a few days last week because I was busy travelling a few places, although i could have gone if I really pushed myself. But I am still on the case. I played drums for the first time in months yesterday, and now my fingers, hands, wrists and forearms are really feeling it, it is a very specific work-out, playing drums... I also pumped myself yesterday at the gym with a big back work out, it was good. Today theoretically it is cardio and abs, but my hands feel pretty bad from drumming so hard... but hopefully I will go.

Hey ninja dude, if your hands are hurting from playing drums you should have a look at how you hold the sticks and the amount of tension. Normally one should be able to play long with no pain, even when hitting hard.
Be carefull, if you play with to much tension you can really hurt yourself.